01:043:005 But if thou wilt not send him, we will
not go down: for the
man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your
brother
be with you.
01:043:006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so
ill with me, as to tell
the
man whether ye had yet a brother?
01:043:007 And they said, The man asked us straitly
of our state, and of
our
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye
another
brother?
and we told him according to the tenor of these
words:
could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your
brother
down?
01:043:008 And Judah said unto Israel his father,
Send the lad with me,
and
we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die,
both
we,
and thou, and also our little ones.
01:043:009 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt
thou require him:
if
I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee,
then
let
me bear the blame for ever:
01:043:010 For except we had lingered, surely now
we had returned this
second
time.
01:043:011 And their father Israel said unto them,
If it must be so now,
do
this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels,
and
carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a
little
honey,
spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
01:043:012 And take double money in your hand; and
the money that was
brought
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in
your
hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
01:043:013 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
01:043:014 And God Almighty give you mercy before
the man, that he may
send
away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be
bereaved
of
my children, I am bereaved.
01:043:015 And the men took that present, and they
took double money in
their
hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt,
and
stood before Joseph.
01:043:016 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them,
he said to the ruler
of
his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make
ready;
for
these men shall dine with me at noon.
01:043:017 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the
man brought the men
into
Joseph’s house.
01:043:018 And the men were afraid, because they were
brought into
Joseph’s
house; and they said, Because of the money that was
returned
in our sacks at the first time are we brought in;
that
he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us,
and
take
us for bondmen, and our asses.
01:043:019 And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s
house, and they
communed
with him at the door of the house,


